Bottle tap



A. I. SMITH. oTTLIi TAP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, 1922- jlAg Patented Dec. 12,1922?.

Patented Dec. i2, i922.

NHT TT ANGUS J. SMITH, OF QUITMAN, GEORGIA.

BOTTLE TAP.

Application led April 12, 1922. Serial No. 551,837.

To a?? rho/nl 'if may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANGUs J. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Quitman, in the county of Brooks and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Taps, of' whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle taps or Stoppers. more particularly tothose bottle taps for bottles. ugs and other like containers to be usedin drug stores to facilitate the drawing of liquids from such bottles,jugs or containers.

One object of the invention is to dispense with the necessity ofremoving the bottle .stopper from the bottle, jug or other containerwhen it is desired to draw the contents of the bottle, jug or othercontainer.

A\nother object of' the invention is to provide a tap, the top of whichmay be readily grasped between the first two fingers of a hand. and thethumb of the same hand used to open a valve in the tap by pressing onits stem.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tap which whiledirecting the contents of the bottle to the place desired, air is alsoadmitted through the tap to take the place of the contents withdrawn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bottle tap that isstrong and durable, that will fit bottles of different size necks,liquid-tight and that will ordinarily prevent the ingress of air or theegress of liquid until the valve at the bottom of the tap is opened.

lVith the' foregoing objects outlined and other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings andmore particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side view of a tap as applied to a bottle.

Figure 2 is av sectional View of the same looking from the left ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a top view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

ln the drawing 1 represents a hollow cylindrieal casing having a fingergroove 2 2 near its top adapted to fit loosely around the first andsecond fingers of the hand when it is desired to open the Valve 3 bypressing on the knob 4 with the thumb of the hand.

The knob 4t is connected to the valve 3 by the stem 5. This stem extendsentirely through the metallic hollow body and is surrounded at the topby a spring 6 fitting over a lug 7 at the top of the hollow metallicbody 1 and normally tensioned to press against the bottom of the knob 4with sufficient :force to keep the valve 3 pressed to its seat 8. f

Around the metallic body 1 there is fitted a rubber or cork 9 more orless conical in shape so as to fit wedgelike into the neck of the bottle10. The cork fits snugly against the shoulder 11 at its upper end and isheld on the body 1 by a thimble 12 having lugs thereon which fitintogrooves 13 extending upwardly and `then downwardly so that when thethimble is pressed upwardly, and turned slightly the lugs 12 will fitinto the bottom of the groove shown best in Figure 1 and securely holdthe rubber or cork to the hollow metallic body. Extending from theinterior cavity of the body 1 is a spout 15 communicating with thecavity so that when the fingers grasp the body 1 and the thumb pressesthe valve downwardly, and the bottle tilted, the contents may Howthrough the cavity in the body 1 and through the spout as is apparent.

The stem 5 is threaded at its bottom and passes through a suitable valve3 made of cork, rubber or other suitable material and is screw-threadedinto a cap 17 and may be held on to the stem additionally by a nut 18.Near the top of the cavity in the body 1 is an air hole 19 to allow airto enter through the cavity in the bottle to take the place of thewithdrawn contents.

|lfhe operation of my improved tap is apparent from the foregoingdescription but to summarize, it is proposed to keep in stock dierentsized taps to fit dierent sized necks of bottles used in, say, a drugstore.

The corks of bottles usually employed in the same are Withdrawn and oneof my taps substituted therefor. -When it is desired to withdrawfrom-the bottle, say, any liquid content therein, the body 1 is graspedbetween the first two fingers of the hand in the groove 2. The bottle istilted and by pressing on the knob i with the thumb of the hand thevalve 3 is opened and the con-- tents allowed to run out through thespout 15, the air to take the place of the contents of the bottlerushing in through thehole 19 in the tap body.

the spring and the body portion and having a knob thereon, a conical andelastic cover for the body portion and a thimble for holding the coveron the body portion, said thimble having lugs thereon and grooves in thebody portion extending upwardly then downwardly in' which the lugsproject.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

AN GUS J. SMITH.

